on โ09-05-2011 08:02 AM
on โ10-12-2011 02:01 AM
Hope you can see them Ok. Sorry if they are to big or that. More to follow.
on โ10-12-2011 02:08 AM
They are all a mix of my grandmother as a child and great grandparents, great aunties and uncles etc. Lady on her own is my great great grandmother on another side of my family.
on โ10-12-2011 02:14 AM
This is my great great grandparents. Henry John Willson and wife Mary (nee wiseman). They married in 1861. Photo was taken in 1911. I think the chap in the bowler hat (in first photo) looks like he was a bit of a cheeky one.
Anyone else want to share some old photos? Love to see them as well.
on โ10-12-2011 06:20 AM
That's such an interesting photo Matega. My word I hope it's winter and not summer the way they are dressed. Where were they living?
I am just wondering if they have any connection to the Wisemans of the Wisemans Ferry area just up past Windsor in NSW.
I will see what I can rustle up later ๐
on โ10-12-2011 07:35 AM
They are wonderful photos. Very clear quality. I love the beach scene and your g-g-grandmother is very much a Victorian lady. Thanks for sharing. ๐
on โ10-12-2011 09:30 AM
This is my Great Grandmother....she looks too tiny to have had 12 children.
on โ10-12-2011 09:33 AM
This is my Dad as a little boy......I think he may have won that cup ......but I am not sure.....does anyone have any idea what the uniform is he is wearing.
on โ10-12-2011 09:36 AM
This is my husbands Great Grandfather...he lead a very unusual life......he was a ships carpenter....and ended up a Master Mariner........and was one of the last Light House keepers here.
It is quite uncanny how much my husband looks like his Great Grandfather.
on โ10-12-2011 10:57 AM
Darkie they all lived in and around London, but of course anything is possible.
Flashie your grandmothers hat is amazing, would go well today at the Melbourne cup. A lady for sure. 12 children omg. Sorry have no idea on your dads uniform but I have only seen hats like that in american piccies so wether it was based on a U.S group but I would be interested to know. Your hubbys grandfather looks like a gentle soul to me. Thanks for sharing
on โ10-12-2011 11:51 AM
That hat is superb Flashie, and what a tiny woman to have had 12 children. Weren't they amazing women?
No can't place the uniform ๐
Here is my Great Grandfather William Craufuird... 1853 to 1925